US 'Troubled,' 'Confused' Over Pak-Taliban Peace Treaty

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Source: Sify News

Washington: The US has said that it was "troubled" and "confused" over the latest developments in the restive Swat valley where Pakistan government has conceded to the Taliban's demand for imposition of Shariah law.

"We are troubled and confused in the sense about what happened in Swat, because it is not an encouraging trend," said Richard Holbrooke, Special US Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, breaking the administation's cautious approach on the peace deal between the Pakistan government and the Taliban.

Having just returned from South Asia wherein he met leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, Holbrooke said the Pakistanis are shocked at the fall of the picturesque Swat, which is after all a resort they all went to for vacations.

"So we have a situation in the area which is very serious. This is what we inherited," he said.

"Previous ceasefires have broken down and we do not want to see territory ceded to the bad guys. The people who took over Swat are very bad people," Holbrooke told the PBS news channel in an interview.

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[Idealism]

1. Pakistan has officially become a failed state.

Pull the plug on the USAID, try to secure their nukes, and GTFO of the country.

I'm series.

[tekisui]

2. It is a mess. We are using Pakistani land and Pakistani Intell

to carry out the drone strikes. They tell us who we can and who we cannot target. Many of the 'bad guys' we want are off limits because they are part of the military/ISI in Pakistan.

I would imagine that US people have a close eye on the nukes. When Pakistan/Islamabad fall, to the nukes is where every faction will run.

[Idealism]

3. That is assuming the ISI doesn't already have them secured

and is just waiting for when the ruse known as the "Pakistani government" gets found out. Once that happens, whoever is in control of the nukes (ISI, Musharraf, or Zardari) will officially start auctioning them off to the interested (militant) parties.